EXIT THE KING ABRIDGED
OR
THE ABSURDIST'S NAP
From the "Broadway Abridged" Shorts Archives
By Gil Varod
SCENE: THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE.
ANDREA MARTIN AS A NUDGE
Oh, my inexplicably 400-year-old king, we have terrible news!
GEOFFREY RUSH
Lauren Ambrose, you are my prettiest wife, tell me this news?
POOR-MAN'S AMY ADAMS
(whining, but with "crying
makeup" on)
Your kingdom is having earthquakes or something.
FUNNY GUY IN KNIGHT OUTFIT
THE KING NOTES THAT THIS CAN REPRESENT WHATEVER HE WISHES IT
TO!
SUSAN SARANDON
(like she just woke up from a
nap)
Also you're going to die by the end of the play.
GEOFFREY RUSH
Oh?
Two hours pass.
GEOFFREY RUSH
(dies)
BLACKOUT.
ALSO, GEOFFREY RUSH GETS A TONY
FOR MUGGING AND THEN BEING DEAD.
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SCENE: THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE.
ANDREA MARTIN AS A NUDGE
Oh, my inexplicably 400-year-old king, we have terrible news!
GEOFFREY RUSH
Lauren Ambrose, you are my prettiest wife, tell me this news?
POOR-MAN'S AMY ADAMS
(whining, but with "crying
makeup" on)
Your kingdom is having earthquakes or something.
FUNNY GUY IN KNIGHT OUTFIT
THE KING NOTES THAT THIS CAN REPRESENT WHATEVER HE WISHES IT
TO!
SUSAN SARANDON
(like she just woke up from a
nap)
Also you're going to die by the end of the play.
GEOFFREY RUSH
Oh?
Two hours pass.
GEOFFREY RUSH
(dies)
BLACKOUT.
ALSO, GEOFFREY RUSH GETS A TONY
FOR MUGGING AND THEN BEING DEAD.
